Re: [gtk-list] Re: Gdk: x i/o error

[Scott Stone <sstone turbolinux com>]

On 12 Dec 1998, Owen Taylor wrote:

> > Whenever I try and run a gtk application I get an error
> > message like
> > 
> >    Gdk-ERROR **: an x io error occurred
> >    aborting...
> >    IOT trap/Abort
> >
> > This has happened for about 4 or 5 apps, all of which seemed 
> > to compile just fine, including the GTK FAQ file's 
> > helloworld.c example.  I am using glib/gdk/gtk 1.1.6, which
> > all built and installed fine.  But the problem also
> > ocurred with v1.0.6.  I have ensured that no old versions
> > of these librarie, or header files, are mixed up with the
> > version I have built with.  I have tried running as root, also.

> > I use the Afterstep window manager, XFree86-3.3.2 SVGA server 
> > at 1024x768 and 16bpp, with libc 5.3.12, libm 5.0.6, gcc v2.7.2, 
> > and kernel 2.0.34.
> > A setup otherwise working just fine..  :)

did you compile gtk/gdk yourself or did you get a premade RPM?  If that
RPM was built on a glibc system, that would explain it.


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Scott M. Stone <sstone@pht.com, sstone@pht.co.jp>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)